WZVG-AM to broadcast Charlotte 49ers games

The Charlotte 49ers have agreed to a three-year deal with WZVG-AM to serve as the flagship radio station for basketball broadcasts. And the contract will expand to football broadcasts in 2013, when UNC Charlotte fields its first team in the sport.

The school recently broke ground for a $45 million, 15,000-seat stadium and practice complex, after hiring Brad Lambert its first head football coach.

“We couldn’t be more excited to begin a long-term relationship with the Charlotte 49ers,” says Lanny Ford, general manager at WZVG, known as Fox Sports 730 AM. “We are thrilled to be the home of a basketball program with such a strong tradition. And to be chosen to be part of history with the launch of 49ers football in 2013 is huge.”

The agreement, negotiated by the 49ers media-rights holder Signature Sports Group Inc., calls for WZVG to carry Charlotte 49ers men’s basketball games and The Alan Major Show for the next two years.

In the third year, the agreement will expand to include the 49ers football broadcasts and The Brad Lambert Show.